Dispensing means



Nov. 20, 1934. F. .1. KREUTZER DISPENSING MEANS 2 Sheets-Sheet; 1

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Patented Nov. 20, 1934 a 1,981,421

1,981,421 DISPENSING MEANS Frederic J. Kreutzer, Elmira, N. Y., assignor to J a mes Manufacturing Company, Fort Atkinson, W1s., a corporation of Wisconsin Original application October 10, 1932, Serial No. 637,027. Divided and this application May 8, 1933, Serial No. 669,897

15 Claims. (01. 214-47) This invention relates to improvements in dissageways for the passing of air between the walls pensing means used in connection with the storfrom the bottom of the silo to the top orirom the ing of feed in silos, and has for its object to top to the bottom. The air passing th rough these provide means for distributing the feed to all spaces or passageways can pass through thefo- 5 parts of the silo and connected to a source of raminous walls into the storage chamber'14- in 60 feed so that the feedmay be delivered from the the annular space between the two foraminous source into the silo and distributed. walls 9 and 12. I

It is also an object of this invention to pro- The inside walls at the silo end of the corvide, in connection with a silo, a cupola ridor have removable wall sections 15. These 10 which provides for the escape of air and has ections may be remov d SO t t the st ra e 65 means for supporting a rotatably mounted chute chamber may be entered from the interior of for the discharge of material into the silo and the the silo. The passageways formed by the re distribution of it to various parts so there is an moval of these sections enter intoa chute 17, equal distribution of the feed to all parts of which isprovided also with removablesections the silo. 16 similar to the sections 15 for entrance into '70 These and other advantages will'appear from the storage chamber. A ladder '18" is provided the following description taken in connection for sealing the walls of the silo. Thereis also ith th drawings, provided an extension 19 of the corridor inside This is a division of my copending application, of the silo. r i 20 Ser. No. 637,027, filed October 10, 1932. On the outside wall 11 a plurality of rafters 20 75 Referring to the drawings: is supported. On the lower ends of these" rafters Figure 1 is a vertical section through a silo, is a lower rin 1. In mediate the ends of the a stable and a corridor connecting the stable to raf s is a g 2 While a the pp ds of the silo, with the stable and silo partly broken the rafters is a ring 23. Some ofthe rafters away, terminate with the intermediate ring, which serves 80 Figure 2 is a vertical enlarged section of the 0 upp tth pp e heseraftersi' A cupola mounted on the roof of the silo. reef 24 is Supported y the afte s- Figure 3 is a top plan view of the silo with a part The roof adjacent the upper ends of the rafters of the top removed and a part of the wall strucand above the upper ring 23' has a cupola wall 25 ture shown in section. V which extends upwardly and forms a circular 5 Figure 4 is a vertical section through the top passag y The pp r ring 3 ha an outof the silo at right angles to the section on which Wardly extending cone-shaped flange 2'7 beneath Figure 1 is t ken, the upper ends of the rafters. On the upper The silo-1 is connected to the stable 2 by means d of the W 5 is a ring the w edge of an interconnecting corridor 3. Each of these .Of which is attached to the Wall, while its upper parts of the structure has a floor 4. In the stable edge is flare out a Spaced from the pp end are the usual stalls 5, which provide inclosures of the wall. for cattle. The stable has the usual roof 6, while The lower part of the ring 28 supports a relthe corridor has a roof '7. The detail structures of atively large ring 29, which has within it a smaller 40 the stable and of the corridor are not described and narrower ring 30. The rings 29 and 30 are i as they form no part of the present inventionsupported on the ring 28 .by means of arms, or The silo or feed storage building has an inner similar structure not shownQ These arms es;-

wall 8 composed of interconnected sections. tend from theupper edge of the ring 28 tothe Around the wall 8 and spaced therefrom is a lower edges of the rings. 29 and 30.";

45 ioraminous wall 9. The space between these Supported on theupper edges of the rings 29 two walls 8 and 9 is indicated by the numeral and 30 is a cone-shaped cap member; 311 T his 10. Any suitable means may be provided for cap is supported bytherings ZQand 30 by means holding these walls in spaced relationship. The of arms, not disclosed. .Inthe upperpartof the silo has an outer wallll, which is also formed of cap 31 is a, hole 32, through which? tube 33 50 interlocking sections. These sections may be of passes. The inner end of this tube is attached metal, tile or any other similar undestructible to a bearing 36 supported by a ring 34, *and'a rrns material. 35 connecting the bearingto thering. I This ring,

Inside of thisv wall is a foraminous wall 12, bearing and arms form a spider-like construcwhich is spaced from the outside wall by a space .tion located in the upper end .of the passageway 55 i 13. This spaceliandthespace 10 serveas pa s- 26 and supported by the wall 25.

The part of the tube or spout 33 extending beyond the cap 31 is connected to some source of feed, which may be a wagon, truck or any other source. Immediately below the bearing 36 is a sleeve 37 supported at its lower end by means of a spider construction38, similar to the support for the inner end of the tube 33. Attached to the spider 38 and the sleeve 37 is a chute 39.

This chute has its sleeve end in alignment with the inner end of the tube or spout 33 so that any feed delivered through the tube '33 will pass into and through the chute 39. I

On the upper end of the sleeve 37 is a gear 40 meshing with a pinion 41 located on the motor shaft of a motor 42, which is supported on the spider 38. The chute 39 is composed of a plurality of sections 43. These sections may be added to or taken from the part attached to the sleeve so that the length of the chute as a' whole may be varied.- On the upper end of the chute is an elbow section forming a spout 44.

For the purpose of supporting thechute 39 intermediate its ends there is provided on the rafters a track 43a, supported from the rafters by means of brackets 43b. On this track is a trolley 44a which is connected to the chute by means of a hanger 44b. The sections 43 instead of being detachable may betelescoped one within the other so that the chute as a whole may be lengthened orshortened by this telescopic construction. I

Suitably supportedat some part of the inner wall is a swinging platform'45, which has at one end sleeves 46. These sleeves extend upwardly and carry supporting posts 4'7. It is'at one of these posts that'the platform is pivoted. The upper ends ofthese posts have extending there from top rails 48. Extending from the 'upper ends of posts 4'7 are downwardly inclined stay rods 49. These stayrodsextend from the upper ends of the posts 4'7 to the end of the platform remote from the posts. There are also provided at the end of the platform, opposite the posts 47,

corner posts 50 which have rungs 51.

In the floor, and beneath the top surface thereof, is a clean-out passageway 52, "which has over its outer end a hood 54. "There is provided in the outside wall of the silo an air inlet passageway 53, which has over it a hood 54. .On each side of the extension 19 is a wall 56 in which there is a door leading from the passageway The feed, in whatever form it may be, is delivered through the spout 44 into the upper part of the silo, and is discharged into the storage chamber through the spout and may be delivered to any part of the storage chamber by rotating the spout through the operation of the motor. This spout-being supported intermediate its ends on the track, and the motor running, the spout end of the chute continually moves around in the 'top of the silobeneath the roof and discharges the feed as it-moves around. The radial distances of the points where the feed is discharged may be regulated because of the telescopic nature of the sections forming the chute.

-It will be'understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of my claims and my.

invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. In combination,

concentric containers for feed, a common rotary extensible delivery means,

a cover fixed to one container common to said containers supporting said rotatable delivery means, and means supported beneath the cover for rotating said delivery means.

2. 'In combination, a container having a cover with an air passageway therein, means in the passageway for delivering material into the container, and mechanical means supported by and located beneath the cover for rotating the firstnamed means.

3. In combination, a feed storage building having an air passageway, a delivery pipe supported atone end in the passageway, a discharge chute in the building, a sleeve on one end of the chute 'in line with the supported end of the pipe, a

track for supporting the chute intermediate its ends, and means engaging the sleeve for rotating the sleeve and thechute.

'4. In combination, a feed storage building having an air passageway, a delivery pipesupported at one end in the passageway, a sleeve in the passageway in line with the supported end of the pipe, a chute attached at one end to the sleeve, a track in the building, meansmovable on the track to support the chute intermediate its ends, and means engaging the sleeve to cause the firstnamed meansqto move along the track to swing the chute.

5. In combination, a feed storage building having a roof with a passageway therein, a delivery chute having on one end a sleeve rotatably mounted in the passageway, a circular track supported bythe roof, atrolley on the track to support thechute intermediate its ends, means engaging the sleeve to cause the trolley to move along the track, and means todeliver material to the end of the chute in the passageway.

6. In, combination, a feed storage building havingla roof with a passageway therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted in the passageway, a delivery chute attached at one end to the sleeve, a traveling member to'support the chute intermediate its ends, a motor operativelyconnected to the sleeve to rotate it and the chute, and means to deliver feed material to the sleeve and the chute.

'7. In combination, a feedsto'rage building having a roof with a passageway therein, a spider -member in the passageway, a sleeve rotatably in the passageway on the wall, said spider member forming a bearing, asleeverotatably mounted in the bearing, a delivery chute attached at one end to the sleeve, an electric motor on'the spiderm'ember, and a'gear connection between the motor shaft and the sleeve for rotating the sleeve.

9. In combination, a feed storage building having a roof with a passageway therein, a cupola having a wall around the passageway, a spider member in the passageway on the wall, said spider member forming a bearing, a sleeve rotatably mounted in' the bearing} a delivery chute attached at one end to the sleeve, a track supported by the roof, a traveling memberon the track connected to the chute intermediate its ends, a motor on the spider member operatively connected to the sleeve to rotatethe sleeve and ion its

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swing the chute, a second spider member in the passageway on the wall, said second spider member forming a bearing, and a delivery pipe mounted at one end in the last-named bearing in line with the sleeve and the sleeve end of the chute.

10. In combination, a silo, a plurality of converging rafters, each rafter supported at its lower end by the wall of the silo, a ring to which the upper ends of the rafters are attached, a circular wall substantially in line with the ring, a chute rotatably supported at one end by the ring, a pipe supported at one end by the wall in line with the chute, and means on the rafters to support the chute intermediate its ends so that it may swing.

11. In combination, a silo having a wall, a plurality of converging rafters, each rafter supported at its lower end by the wall, a ring to which the upper ends of the rafters are attached, a chute rotatably supported at one end by the ring, a track on the rafters having means thereon to support the chute intermediate its ends, and means to rotate the ring end of the chute and cause its other end to swing around in the silo.

12. In combination, a silo having a wall, a plurality of converging rafters, each rafter supported at its lower end by the wall, a ring to which the upper ends of the rafters are attached, a chute rotatably supported at one end by the ring, a track on the rafters having means thereon to support the chute intermediate its ends, and a motor supported on the ring to rotate the ring end of the chute and cause its other end to swing around in the silo.

13. In combination, a silo having a wall, a plurality of converging rafters, each rafter supported at its lower end on the wall, a ring to which the upper ends of the rafters are attached, a sleeve rotatably supported by the ring, a chute attached at one end to the sleeve, means on the ring to rotate the sleeve and swing the other end of the chute, and a traveling member supported by the rafters to support the chute intermediate its ends.

14. In combination, a silo having a wall, a plurality of converging rafters, each rafter supported at its lower end on the wall, a ring to which the upper ends of the rafters are attached, a sleeve rotatably supported by the ring, a chute attached at one end to the sleeve, a motor on the ring to rotate the sleeve and swing the otherend of the chute, and a traveling member supported by the rafters to support the chute intermediate its ends.

15. In combination, a feed storage building having an air passageway therein, a chute in the building having one end in the passageway, sleeve means mounted for rotation in the passageway to rotatably support one end of the chute, a track in the building, means movable on the track to support the chute intermediate its ends, means acting on said sleeve to cause the movable means to move along the track, and means to deliver material to the chute at the passageway.

FREDERIC J. KREUTZER. 

